ChanServ changed the topic of ##yamahasynths to: Channel dedicated to questions and discussion of Yamaha FM Synthesizer internals and corresponding REing. Discussion of synthesis methods similar to the Yamaha line of chips, Sound Blasters + clones, PCM chips like RF5C68, and CD theory of operation are also on-topic. Channel logs: https://freenode.irclog.whitequark.org/~h~yamahasynths
<andlabs>
yes I made sure it was this one and not some other proprietary thing with the same name
<cr1901_modern>
>SmartMedia cards can be used in a standard 3.5" floppy drive by means of a FlashPath adapter. This is possibly the only way of obtaining flash memory functionality with very old hardware, and it remains one of SmartMedia's most distinctive features.
<cr1901_modern>
Weird
<cr1901_modern>
>The fifteen minutes taken to read a nearly-full 16MB card - directly to hard disk - via Flashpath using the slowest (128kbit/s) PC floppy controller was still simpler
<cr1901_modern>
I thought the slowest PC floppy controller was 125kbps (FM speeds, which later controllers supported poorly)
<natarii>
oh man flashpath
<natarii>
a childhood friend had one of those, back when they were new
<natarii>
i thought it was the coolest thing ever
<cr1901_modern>
oh don't get me wrong, it's messing w/ my head
<natarii>
when i learned later on that it's not exactly, like, Emulating A Floppy it seemed a little less cool though ;p
<natarii>
i didn't realize at the time that it needed a driver
<cr1901_modern>
My guess it that it doesn't enable the drive motor
<cr1901_modern>
?*
<natarii>
i don't really remember
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<superctr>
ok, my IRC client is fucked up
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<superctr>
i saw 3 "ghost" instances of hexchat, with no window or anything. really strange